In March 2015, I was selected to receive an Early Career Award by a vote of the College of Engineering Leadership Council at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Also in March 2015 I started a venture backed company called Troops which is a mobile software company that is making work easier for people.

In 2013, I co-founded TULA, a health and beauty brand that has created the world’s first probiotic technology for topical application. Then in 2014, we launched exclusively with QVC.

In 2012 Business Insider named him on the top 100 of “one of the coolest people in New York tech.”

In January 2011 I co-founded a social commerce company called Spinback and 4 months later we were acquired by a company called Buddy Media, the Facebook management system of choice for eight out of the ten top global advertisers. In June 2012, Buddy Media was acquired by Salesforce.

Before Spinback, I was an early employee at Lotame where I helped grow the business from $0 in revenue and a small office with a handful of people, to quite a few dollars in revenue with several offices around the world. I helped create new products and strategies, and secured business partnerships with companies like Google, Conde Nast, and other media companies and startups.

When I’m not behind a computer or in a meeting, you can find me at a bar, a NY Giant game, behind the TV, listening to music, or at Mount Snow, Vermont volunteering on rescue. I’m passionate about people, friends and family. I love having great conversations, asking lots of questions and more importantly, learning.

I'm the Co-Founder and CEO of Troops, a venture-backed business that is building artificial intelligence for work. I am also the Co-Founder and President of TULA, a private equity backed health and beauty business that has developed the world's first line of probiotic skincare products.

Before that, I was a Co-Founder of Spinback (acquired by Buddy Media in May 2011, then acquired by Salesforce in June 2012).

On the side, I volunteer as a member of National Ski Patrol. In between I occasionally write words (see Forbes), crank tunes, and every now and again, hit up the globe for some traveling.

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RT @darrenrovell: Tried out for Astros.
Told “Don’t come back.”
Came back anyway.
Given a deal for $15K.
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